Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-21
Marine News-Pugea sound shipping.
Port Townsend Happenings.
lRKoULAR CORRESPONDENCE PosT-UTEL
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IRREGULAR CORRESPONDENCE PosI-UTEL
LIGEECRR.
The British ship George Thompson,
Captain Bsrnssan, 1l2s net tonnage,
vas towsd to Port Gamble yesterday 10
load luasber.
AtIs.m. yesterday bark was toWed
up sound By the tug Blakely.
The ship Rosie Welt, Captain Welt,
1875 set tonnage, was chartered IN Sas
Francisco on Monday by John ROseu
field TO load coal az NanaimO es q EetaFH
cargo.
The British bark @. Southland Hol-
bert cleared from Nes York lsst week
for P,Ftlend, Or, lsaded with mer-
chsadise.
The bark Majestic, Captain Bsrg uan.
IIl7 net tonnage, arrived in SsB Diego
on April 1850, after passage Of 10 days
from Port Discovery, loaded WITH lum-
bar.
The ship Louisiana sailed from San
Francisco for Nanaimo, 90 load coal, on
last Thursday.
The EofweSisu bark Sehwanden,
Captain Wahl SIS net tonnage, which
sailed on February LIST from this port,
lumber laden from Port Biakely, ar
rived in Melbourne sometims prior to
April 18Th.
Tue steamship 0iympian srrived aud
departed zoe AissAs AZ $40 yesterday
ev ming with A smail list Of passengers.
A large number, however, came up on
she Elder and remained nj Victoria for
the former steamer.
The ship Ir0qu IL, Captain Nicholas,
WAs toWed 90 sea yesterday from De-
parture Bay. coal laden for San Fran
cisco.
The British bark Dilhb1F sailsd yes
terday from Victoria for MslsOurns,
loa "a With lunber.
The small British steamer Beaver was
launched on Tuesday. Captain Cssen
will command nsr. She 10 reoeiVing her
machintFy ~ Victoria wharf.
KvIDKST IScESpIARIsM.
At an early hour yesterday morning
40 alarm OF FIRE vas turned in, which
was psomptly responded to by the Fire
DEPARTMENT, wno found the rsar Of an
old shed, used for an oil rsom, back of
Watermsn & kaiz's store, IN htmes.
Tue fire had not msde mach Roadway
when il vas successfully suadued. This
makes the seeOud time fire has mys-
terioasIy appeared in this locality, knd
sseh seems 70 have been the work Of en-
inceudiary. Should the author OF these
dastardly attempts to barn tie towa be
discovered. IL is quite likely that be will
be made TO remember the event.
STRAY aLKkNINas.
The excavatisn for the McCurdy
buildinR will be finished next week,
wnsa the foundation will be com
msnced-
Jasob n upper, & native Of Finland,
aged "a. died Al the Marine hospital on
tuesday night from iEj1ries received in
falling from a wagon after INDUCING
too freely IN the d1sing bowl, previous
t. shipptrg on the Jeremiah Thompson.
uow AZ Port Discovery. The deceased
vas a seaman and was on the wsy 10
ais vessel when the accident occurred
that resulted 10 iBiaring bis abdomen
and finally csusing his DEATH
Adrian Sneehan Is baslly engaged tax.
ting the eensas for Jefferson county.
When tbis Is eompietsd Il will 1nso1bs
eddy shoe a large gain in the population
for this district.
Il W. De Lion made a brief visit TO
YiasoEia yesterday.
W. r. II sriog, the Northern Paciae
Exprss 81 c mpany's route ageat, has
oesu IN tsSn during ths past week. and
left yesterday fer Alaska 20 establish
expfess offses AZ juneau aad Siska.
Toe company dissonsinaed their sRen-
sies there shortly before Wells, Fargo 4
%. abandoned the northern routes. and
sinss then tins AlAskans have done With
s.-s an Evasr@aa fsr4i "a
GaaFqs VenAbis Saith an Mr. Nann.
brothsf Of the Mayor of Tacoma. were
IN sagn yesterday 1ad will leave ted "
oa she steamer isFatoh for Port Al
Relos. where tbey are b n largely liter.
81 ed 10 she Cooperative CB.nay There
are Aa the pre- seat itu1e sb3gt loo colo
MSS - tie iosAitoa- IA equal nambe
wll arrive sometime BexE week from
Ch;oREa. Toe tract Of land theF have
pnrch =, q rather contracted for. :,
100 4cres 10 TIE immediata HeiehboF.
haod % Pert Angeles. EOne very nest
plmphlets have beeg issued by tas
uaaaazess shaE1aR ths rss9afcss a 4
pteaacis u TITS lesA.ity. Al tha earn.
iags ot fhs colon 4 ~ are sqassiy ovid
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